Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Available Now

GadgetInfo - Microsoft has just announced its new products Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Microsoft Visio 2010 and Microsoft Project 2010 on May 12, 2010 for all businesses consumer in the world.

Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 will be expected to increase our productivity with the various features. Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 beta program has many users as testers, approximately 6.8 million have tried to use it and more than 1000 Microsoft partners have built solutions on it.

In Office 2010 also includes the Microsoft Office Web Apps, which is an online access of Word, PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel and OneNote application. Through Office Web Apps we can access files from PC, phone or browser.

Office Mobile 2010 was also been available via Windows ® Phone Marketplace for all Windows Mobile 6.5 cell phone.

Office 2010 launch site can be accessed at http://www.the2010event.com
For Office 2010 further info: http://office2010.microsoft.com
More about the Office Web Apps: http://office2010.microsoft.com/en-us/web-apps/

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Will Zynga Leave Facebook?

GadgetInfo - Zynga, the largest game developer on Facebook reportedly preparing to move all of its games from Facebook to the service called Zynga Live. Zynga has even already started the preparation by launching farmville.com site.

This seems to be a part of efforts to end Zynga dependence on Facebook. Until now, Zynga is still vulnerable to rules issued by Facebook.

Last issue, Facebook requires the use of Facebook Credit as the only currency of payment for Zynga and other application developers. Facebook also set 30% fee for every transaction using Facebook Credit.

Quoted from TechCrunch, the relationship between Zynga and Facebook now are more and more heated. Facebook tried to persuade Zynga to sign long-term agreement whereby Zynga remained in Facebook. During the process of negotiations, Facebook seems to be forcing Zynga to sign the agreement.

Besides threatening to close all Zynga games, Facebook had once shut down prior notification to Farmville and other games.

For some Facebook users, a popular game such as Zynga Farmville, Poker and Mafia Wars are an integral part of Facebook. December last year, Farmville game on Facebook registered more than 69 million users.

Some analysts said the Farmville able to attract millions of users because it can be played on Facebook. This game is quite addictive so users will still play it even though Zynga moved it from Facebook. But will Farmville remain as attractive as now?

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Nokia Admit Defeat

GadgetInfo - Finnish cell phone manufacturer, Nokia, has admitted defeat in the top mobile phone market (high end). Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo (chief executive of Nokia) has said that his company had a lot of homework because the price of their shares declined rapidly.

To overcome this problem, Kallasvuo said that Nokia will launch new smart phones such as the N8. This is so they can compete better against the iPhone and the BlackBerry.

Kallasvuo also admitted to the Symbian operating system used on Nokia phones failed to catch the majority of his opponents. However, the company is improving those factors right now, so he said, without revealing any details.

Currently rumored Kallasvuo was getting ready to leave from Nokia because the company he led lost to compete with its major opponents.

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Arabic Web Address Validated

WASHINGTON, GadgetInfo - After six months of preparation and testing, internet addresses using Arabic alphabet finally official. Internet Corporation for Assignment Names and Numbers, ICANN, a nonprofit organization that regulates web address, has approved three-domain addresses in Arabic, each for Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates.

"Middle East has only 20 percent internet penetration average and still potential for growth. The users in the region are now easier to access the internet because it can use its own language to the entire domain name," ICANN said in a statement on its website on Wednesday (5 / 5 / 2010).

Arabic alphabet is the first non-Latin letters that could be used for web addresses. Non-Latin letters for web addresses were validated by the ICANN board meeting on October 30, 2009 in Seoul, South Korea.

Since then, ICANN recorded 21 domain names requests with non-Latin letters which consists of 11 different languages, from the letter of China, Japan, Thailand, Israel, Russia, etc. However, only 13 requests that pass the next step of verification before the validation as of Arabic letters.

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iPad Sold More Than iPhone

Cupertino, GadgetInfo - Apple, Monday (03/05/2010), states that it has successfully sold one million iPad in less than a month. This proves that the iPad sold two times more than the iPhone when first launched.

"One million iPad within 28 days means less than half the time required to achieve the same amount for the iPhone, which was 74 days," said Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

One million units reached by Apple on Friday (04/30/2010) when the second version, iPad 3G, released to the market. If iPad first version that was released at 3 April 2010 can only access the WiFi, the iPad 3G can also access the AT&T's broadband network

iPad is a new product made by Apple with 9.7-inch touch screen and use the iPhone OS for its operating system. This device is sold starting at 499 U.S. dollars for the WiFi version and 699 U.S. dollars for the 3G. High demand in the U.S. market makes new iPad sale in other countries will only begin on May 10, 2010.

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N8 First Symbian 3 Mobile Phone

Espoo, GadgetInfo - Nokia will release the phones with the latest revolutionary operating system called Symbian ^3. The first Symbian ^3 phone, N8, was announced Tuesday (27/04/2010), but will be available on the market in the third quarter this year with price about 370 euros.

Symbian ^3 is the latest version of Nokia platform which is the most popular in the world today. The increasing capability provided by this software is more sensitive sensor ability, such as multi touch, flick scrolling, and pinch to zoom. Architectural 2D and 3D graphics in it are designed to produce a responsive user interface. Memory usage management also improved so it can perform multitasking smoothly.

On the Nokia N8, the Symbian ^3 is supported by high-speed 680 MHz processor with OpenGL 2.0 and OLED 3.5-inch touch screen plus 12-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens and Xenon flash.

The camera can be used to record HD (high density) 720p video quality and can be directly edited with software that has been included. Its audio quality also supports Dolby Digital Plus standard.

The other main feature on the Nokia N8 is direct access to the web television. Nokia N8 added with an application for watching web television broadcasts from CNN, E!Entertainment, Paramount, and National Geographic. Local web television broadcasts can also be obtained through the content available on the OVI Store.

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Apple Buy Instrinsity, High Speed Chip Manufacturer

SAN FRANCISCO, GadgetInfo – It’s not ARM but Intrinsity, the high-speed chip manufacturer, which was acquired by Apple. The purchase was already conducted in March 2010 but Apple just reveals it on Tuesday (27/04/2010), as reported by the New York Times. The news was leaked after some Intrinsity engineers caught changing his job status to be Apple employees.

Instrinsity is a small company in Austin, Texas that produces chips that used a lot in mobile phone. This is a second chip company Apple acquired after PA Semiconductor in 2008. The acquisition value was reported 121 million U.S. dollars although it has not been clarified by Apple.

Instrinsity managed to engineer the standard processors which usually at 650 MHz to 1000 MHz (1 GHz). Intrinsity can be said as the Apple hero that has succeeded to present the Apple's processor A4 with that speed.

Apple A4 chips which is PA Semiconductor development result after joining Apple has a 1 GHz speed thanks to the cooperation Intrinsity and Samsung.

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